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Rwanda's Kagame slams critics as Congo rebels press south
Guardian Nigeria
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1/31/2025
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President Paul Kagame said that Rwanda was ready to, quote,
00:05
deal with any possible confrontation with South Africa,
00:08
should it arise over the conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
00:13
The long-simmering conflict in Congo has intensified over the last week,
00:18
with M23 rebels capturing the strategic city of Goma.
00:22
Congo, South Africa and others accuse Rwanda of backing M23.
00:27
Kagame has rejected criticism over his country's role in the conflict.
00:32
During a virtual summit of East African leaders,
00:35
Kagame accused South African President Cyril Ramaphosa
00:39
of distorting recent conversations about the conflict.
00:42
He's also there pretending to be playing a peacemaker role,
00:49
and he has a force that has been fighting alongside Fderreira
00:56
and has been fighting the M23 on the instructions of Secede
01:03
because these are people who are not supposed to be in Congo,
01:10
that these are from Rwanda, or the M23 are not Rwandans.
01:17
Congo President Felix Tshisekedi did not attend the virtual summit.
01:22
Instead, he gave a speech to the nation,
01:24
in which he promised a military campaign to recover lost territory.
01:32
Rwanda is facing an international backlash over its actions in Eastern Congo.
01:37
It has repeatedly intervened there, either directly or through allied militias,
01:42
over the past 30 years in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide.
01:46
The United States has told Rwanda it is deeply troubled by Goma's fall.
01:51
Germany has cancelled aid talks with Rwanda,
01:54
while Britain said the $40 million of annual bilateral assistance it gives to Kigali were under threat.
02:00
After seizing Goma, M23 fighters were advancing south,
02:05
from the town of Minova, along the western side of Lake Kivu.
02:10
Goma itself is a lakeside city of nearly 2 million,
02:14
and a major hub for displaced people and aid groups.
02:18
M23 says it plans to administer the city,
02:21
and appears to be settling in for a lengthy period of control.
02:27
Scores of Congolese asylum seekers who fled to Rwanda during recent fighting are returning home,
02:33
following assurances of safety from the rebel group.
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